Dutch courage undoes England in T20 shock

The Netherlands enjoyed their greatest day in international cricket as they stunningly beat hosts England by four wickets in the opening match of the ICC World Twenty20 here at Lord's on Friday.

Two off the last ball, which saw bowler Stuart Broad miss with a shy off the stumps, saw the Dutch home to a total of 163 for six in reply to England's 162 for five.

"I'm not going to make any excuses. They beat us fair and square," England captain Paul Collingwood told Sky Sports.

He added: "Give Holland a lot of credit - we thought we had enough runs but they knocked them off.

"We didn't bowl as well as we could have but we expected to win and they have put a major performance in."

England who had been 102 for one were made to pay for their failure to build on a superb opening stand by some enterprising Dutch batting led by a fine 49 from Tom de Grooth.

Essex all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate was 22 not out and Edgar Schiferli five not out.

The Dutch needed seven off the last over.

They scrambled a single off the first ball when Broad missed with an underarm throw at the stumps.

Next ball Broad had another chance but the diving quick knocked the stumps down with his hand rather than the ball to leave the Dutch needing five off four with ten Doeschate on strike.

Broad then dropped a caught and bowled chance off the next ball which again yielded a single, four runs off three balls the target for the Dutch who scrambled a bye after wicket-keeper James Foster failed to hit the stumps.

That left the target three off two and in turn that became two off one with Schiferli on strike before the minnows got home in a dramatic conclusion to a thrilling match.

While England's innings hadn't featured a single six, Netherlands opener Darron Reekers managed two off his own bat, pulling Ryan Sidebottom and James Anderson, during his knock of 20.

Meanwhile de Grooth reverse-swept leg-spinner Adil Rashid for four.

Rashid though did have Bas Zuiderent stumped by Foster to leave the Dutch 66 for three in the ninth over.

At the 10 over half-way mark the Netherlands were 91 for three and up with the rate and de Grooth gave Collingwood the same treatment he'd been meeting out to the rest of the attack by pulling the medium-pacer for four through mid-wicket.

After a fumble by Ravi Bopara cost England the chance of a run-out Peter Borren hoisted Collingwood into the Grandstand for six.

De Grooth's impressive 30-ball innings ended with him one short off a fifty when he got a leading edge to a Collingwood slower ball and gave a gentle catch to Robert Key at short cover.

His exit ended a fifty stand with Borren but at 116 for four off 13 overs the Netherlands needed 47 runs off the final seven overs for a famous win.